"Actor: Dave Rubin"

• Dick | DVD | (08/12/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The year is 1972 and like most high-school students Betsy Jobs (Kirsten Dunst) and Arlene Lorenzo (Michelle Williams) just want to have a good time. However during a class field trip to the White House they cluelessly wander into a behind-closed-doors top secret shredding session. It's time to both wag the dog and walk it. Seeking to uncover just how much the witless duo discovered the Commander-In-Chief appoints them 'Official White House Dog Walkers ' and it isn't long before the girls go from walking Checkers to taking out Tricky Dick in this fun-raising comedy of historic distortions.

• Dick | DVD | (17/08/2009) from £2.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (77.00%)   |  RRP £12.99

  So who exactly was Deep Throat, that all-important source who helped Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein bust open the Watergate scandal? Well, according to this thoroughly funny, keenly smart comedy from director Andrew Fleming (The Craft), it was two sweetly daft teenage girls named Betsy and Arlene. Taking the history and figures from Watergate and running gleefully and sacrilegiously amok, Dick offers up a hilarious what-if scenario that takes the Nixon administration's downfall from grave tragedy to hilarious farce. When Betsy (Kirsten Dunst) and Arlene (Michelle Williams) run into a shady figure in the stairwell of Arlene's Watergate apartment building, little do they know they've stumbled upon G. Gordon Liddy (Harry Shearer) on the night of the Democratic National Headquarters break-in. Later, on a White House field trip, they wind up meeting with Nixon himself (Dan Hedaya) who, to ensure their silence, decides to make them official White House dog walkers and "secret youth advisors".Of course, Betsy and Arlene soon find out their idol has feet of clay, and ultimately decide to aid "radical muckraking journalists" (and queasy rivals) Woodward (Will Ferrell) and Bernstein (Bruce McCullough) in their investigation. Fleming and co-writer Sheryl Longin's enfolding of the Watergate scandal is extremely clever and inspired, from Arlene's 18-and-a-half-minute declaration of love on Nixon's tape recorder to the Hello Dolly cookies (laced with a certain herbal stimulant) that help bring about the U.S.-Soviet accord. And after all the angsty-serious portraits of Watergate, it's bliss to see the prime players sent up mercilessly; in addition to Shearer, the cast boasts Dave Foley (Erlichman), Jim Breuer (John Dean), Saul Rubinek (Kissinger), and Ana Gasteyer (Rosemary Woods), all in fine form. Hedaya's Nixon, dead-on but never parodic, is an Oscar-worthy comic turn and Dunst and Williams invest their characters with affection and humour; the success of the film lies in the way these talented actresses make us laugh with Betsy and Arlene, never at them. Don't be put off by the teen sheen on this comedy--it's also for all of us who still remember Watergate even after 25 years, and still love dancing on the scandal's grave. --Mark Englehart, Amazon.com

• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Runnin' Down a Dream - A Film by Peter Bogdanovich 4 Disc Boxset (3DVD + CD) | DVD | (26/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  This 4 disc box set features the following: 2 DVD's of the epic four hour film capturing 30 years of rock and roll history by famed director Peter Bogdanovich (Director's Cut) - This movie contains hours of never before seen footage and interviews with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers plus music from the storied rock band's entire career. The movie features interviews with George Harrison Eddie Vedder Stevie Nicks Dave Grohl Jeff Lynne Rick Rubin Johnny Depp Jackson Browne and more. 1 DVD of the celebrated 30th Anniversary Concert in Heartbreaker hometown Gainesville Florida 1 Soundtrack CD featuring rare and unreleased tracks Tracklisting: DVD Disc 1: Runnin' Down a Dream: 1. Gainesville 2006 2. Elvis 3. What's In A Name 4. Mike 5. Benmont 6. B.Y.O.F (Build Your Own Festival) 7. Fast Forward 8. Deals 9. A Broken Bond 10. Ron and Stan 11. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 12. Third 13. Fuel 14. Howie 15. Poet DVD Disc 2: Runnin' Down a Dream: 1. Bob Dylan 2. Strange Coincidences 3. Scott 4. The Bottom Line 5. Steve 6. John 7. Round Trip 8. Rock and Roll Heaven 9. Runnin' Down a Dream (End credits) 10. One DVD Disc 3: 30th Anniversary Concert: 1. Listen To Her Heart 2. Mary Jane's Last Dance 3. I Won't Back Down 4. Free Fallin' 5. Saving Grace 6. I'm A Man 7. Oh Well 8. Handle With Care 9. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (with Stevie Nicks) 10. I Need To Know (with Stevie Nicks) 11. It's Good To Be King 12. Down South 13. Southern Accents 14. Insider (with Stevie Nicks) 15. Learning To Fly 16. Don't Come Around Here No More 17. Runnin' Down A Dream 18. You Wreck Me 19. Mystic Eyes 20. American Girl CD Disc 4: Bonus Soundtrack CD: 1. Breakdown 2. Anything That's Rock and Roll 3. Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) 4. American Girl 5. Shadow of A Doubt (A Complex Kid) 6. Stories We Could Tell 7. Keeping Me Alive 8. Honey Bee 9. Lost Highway

• Dave Rubin - 12-Bar Blues Guitar | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This DVD is a complete one-hour course in the song form that is the single most important influence in the history of American popular music. Blues authority Dave Rubin teaches in detail boogie shuffle and riff-driven patterns along with a wide variety of major minor and jazzy chord progressions. In addition intros turnarounds and soloing are covered as well as piano-style boogie woogie. Each example is played and explained clearly. As an extra bonus several progressions are performed as solo guitar pieces combining rhythm and lead. For serious guitarists who want to expand their practical knowledge of 12-bar blues this DVD and its accompanying booklet will provide a wealth of new material